flammiferous
English
Etymology
From Latin flammifer, from flamma (“flame”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare Italian fiammifero.
Adjective
flammiferous (comparative more flammiferous, superlative most flammiferous)
- Producing flame.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flammiferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)